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(11) EP 2 252 894 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
24.11.2010 Bulletin 2010/47

(21) Application number: 09709739.8

(22) Date of filing: 09.02.2009
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G01N 33/68(2006.01)
G01N 33/74(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP2009/051420
(87) International publication number:
WO 2009/101037 (20.08.2009 Gazette 2009/34)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA RS

(30) Priority: 13.02.2008 EP 08151376

(71) Applicants:
  • Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    68305 Mannheim (DE)

    DE 
  • F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
    4070 Basel (CH)

    AT BE BG CH CY CZ DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR 

(72) Inventors:
  • HESS, Georg
    55270 Sörgenloch (DE)
  • HORSCH, Andrea
    68259 Mannheim (DE)
  • ZDUNEK, Dietmar
    82327 Tutzing (DE)

(74) Representative: Dick, Alexander 
Herzog Fiesser & Partner Patentanwälte Bad Kreuznacher Strasse 27-29
68309 Mannheim
68309 Mannheim (DE)

   


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